Telegram-herald., 1887-07-14
GROVER At CLINTON
= SPEECH TO MS Old NEleHsoRs-


ae Relates some ef the Incidents 81 hts
E2riy Iifs-goEai1lly Welcomed bs
old frisnasA 6eeaf Day ter
the iattis fesn.
Urea, \. y. galy ls.-Presideat Ceve.
| land. With his wife, sister and Mrs Has
rngs. his melee. Col. Lament and + Prem
uss Baily Of L Uaas. came down from Hol-
| land Patent on the special cosch "C0ronet
At clock this morning. They were met
by Prof Hoyt and number Of ladies and
| genIlenen Of the Centennial Committee
from Clinton Prof. HOyt made brief ad-
dress Of welcone 10 which ihe fresl-
dent responded in few words.
| The Utica Jaeks0nisns. 100 strong,
with the Twelfth u. 5. Infantry Band ss-
luted the President and his wife a. they
stood upon the platform Of the coach.
| Crowded trains have been running To Gin
| ton ali the morning. The President
| special train started al sl5 a. N An lm-
| menSe crowd WAS al the Ontario 4 Western
| railway station as the train pulled out.
| They cheered the President and waved
| their hats a. he stood uncovered and bowed
| his acknowledgements.
President Cleveland and party reached
| Clinton about 10 a. III. An Immense crowd
was AT the station TO greet them. They
were escorted by he Jacksonians 10 Ars-
| o. 5. Williams residence, where they were
greeted bs prominent members OF tie Cen
| tennial Committee. aud many venerable
| citizens while the parade VI SIX DIVISIONS
was going over lis route.
| Ia the parade were chiefs, the descend
| ants oi the indians who gave the site OF tae
village To its founders, kenandoa and box
| tater, and over one hund. ed Oneidas with
an Indian band from the OnondsgA reserya-
| iion. Nearly all the available space within
the village limits IL crowded with speeta-
| tors, and they are coming IN on every tram
aud by every roadway. After the parade
| the President spent. an hour In receiving
| callers at Mrs. Williams home, and over
$4,000 people were present
| There was but one post ofthe q. A. X. IN
| the line. Shortly after the procession had
| been reviewed the literary exercises were
| begun ON the same platform. Before this
| the President, however, received an invita-
| ton from the residents OF Fayetteville 10
| visit his former home ia that place.
| The exercises consisted OF prayer by the
| Rev. Henry Darling President OF Ham.
| ilton College; address of welcome by Rev.
| L. Il. Powell, of Clinton; short tdress
| by the President historical address and
| Grafton by Professors Hopkins and Root,
| of the College, and poem by Cnnton
| Scollard.
| Following the exercises came banquet
! in the freight house. at which several
eminent gentlemen responded ID ioasts,
| and Mr.. Cleveland responded 10 the "Presi-
| dent of the United States"
| In his address President Cleveland spoke
| as follows:
| II am oy no means certain OF my stand
| ing here among those who celebrate the
| centennial of ClintOn's exlstance as VII
| lage Nv recoliections of the place reach
backward but about thirty-six years, and
| nv residence covered but very brief
| period. Bat those rec0llectiOns are fresh
| and distinct today; ana pleasant TOO, though
not entirely free from sombre coionng,
| 1T was here, in the schooi.at the foot OF
| College hill, that began my preparations
for college lie. and enjoyed the anticips-
| ton Of a collegiate education. We had two
teachers in our school. one became after
ward Judge in Chicago and the other pass
| ed through the legal profession 10 the min
| istry. and within the last Two years, was
| living farther west. read little Latiu
| with two other boys in the c.ass. | think /
! houndered through four. books OF the -Eneid.
| Other boys had nice large modern editions
| of Virgil. with big print ann plenty of notes
/ 10 help one over hard places. Mine was a
| little oldfsshioned copy which ny father
| used before me with 10 notes ana which
| was only translated by hard knocks.
believe have forgiven those other boys
| for their persistent refusal 10 allow me the
| use of the notes in their books. At any
| rate, they do not seem TO have been over
| taken by any dire retributIon, for one of
| them is now rich and PROSPEROUS lawyer
Ill Buffalo. and the other is professor in
! your college and the orator OF toiay's cele-
| bratiOn.
| My struggle with ten lines Of Virgil,
| which at first made up my daily task, are
amusing as remembered now, but with
taem 1 am also forced TO remember that in
| stead Of being the beginning of the higher
| education for which honestly longed. they
| occurred near the end oi my school sdvan-
tages his suggests disappointment
| which no lapse OF time can alleviate. and a
! deprivation 1 have sadly felt with every
passing year.
Il remember Benton Butler and hisstore
| I DON; know whether he was an haeitual
! poet or not. but heard him rtcite one
poem of his own manufacture, which en-
! bodied an account OF a travel TO or from
| Clinton in the early days. ] can recall but
two lines of this poem, as follows:
'Paris hin then came in sight
And there farr.ed over night
Il remember the next door neigh0ors,
| Drs. Bssse:t aud ScOllsrd-and good kind
| neighbors they were. too--n0; y0nr cross,
craDbed kind who could not bear TO see
| body about. II slwavs eenea 10 me that
| thev drove very fpe hoTses. and for that
reason I thought they must be extremely
rich don know that / could indulge IN
/ further recOilectioDs that must seem little
/ ike centennial festivities. hui ] want 10
establish % well a. ! can ny right 10 be
| here might speak OF the college faculty
| who cast such pleasing, though sober
shade of dignity over the place. and who
| with other educated and substantial citizens
made nm the hest social life I vze hoy